Babylonian Flood Tale Ties to Genesis. Ark Described in Detail
The author, journeying along the Euphrates, compares a Babylonian cuneiform flood epic to Genesis telling of Noah. He notes Shamashnapishtim’s ark six stories high, pitch walls, gopher wood, and the dove swallow raven test, while detailing local shipbuilding with gopher wood regarded as cypress. He reports excavations at Nebuchadnezzar’s palace uncovering thick brick walls, earthworks, and a double statue of Ishtar and Ramman, with inscriptions of continental value.
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Babylon
Asia
Euphrates
Bagdad
Henry Austen Layard
Nebuchadnezzar
Christ
Moses
God
Noah
Sodom and Gomorrah
Jehovah
Wales
Shamashnapishtim
Gizdhubar
Shurippak
Anu
Pel
Kidin Marduk
Puzur-Shadurahu
Heaven
Ramman
Nebo
Sherro
Bamman
Ishtar
Divine Council
Earth
Nizir
Nisir Mountain
Urumiyeh
Bel
Adar
Heis
British and Foreign Bible Society
Herodot
Palace
Thunderer
Horses Enjoy Lonely Banquet at English Rest Home
A group of English visitors dined with 43 horses at the Home of Rest for Horses in Acton. The Duke of Portland presides this shelter for worn animals, offering rest for the overworked and a home for lifelong pensioners like Boxes the old Horse Guards charger.
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London
Friar’s Place Farm
Acton
Duke of Portland
United Kingdom
Boxes
Horse Guards
Tel-el-Kebir
Dorothy Hardy
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Addn
Death of Joseph G. Ray Pioneer of Shoddy Mills
Joseph G. Ray of Franklin Massachusetts died in that town last week. Born 1831 in South Mendon now East Blackstone Worcester County he and his brother Francis started the first rag picker operation in their region in 1850. Their Ray Bros firm then opened the first shoddy mill in New England at Unionville.
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Joseph G. Ray
Franklin
Mass
Mr. Ray
South Mendon
East Blackstone
Worcester County
Francis
New England
Ray Bros
Unionville
Cincinnati Commercial Advertiser
Mall Folk Sayings Shape Islander Narratives
A fragment describes islanders and their view of the Mall folk, noting they are seen as canny and douce. The passage hints at social attitudes on the island toward Mall visitors and local characters.
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Ong
Bure
Russia's steel fingers in Asia threaten rail routes
Alexander Hume Ford discusses Russia's rail expansion in Central Asia and Western China. The Transcaspian and Central Asian rail networks extend military reach, with Cossacks stationed in towns and a vast mobilization potential. The Transchinese line aims to press on Pekin, linking with the Transsiberian system to pressure China's capital.
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Alexander Hume Ford
Asia
Russia
Central Asia
China
Afghanistan
Rocky
India
Tashkent
Yellow River
Paris
Pacific
Pekin
Kashgar
Omsk
England
Singan
Long sieges and stubborn defense mark Gibraltar and Plevana
A historical note compares Gibraltar under General Elliot from 1779 to 1781 as the longest modern siege with over 6 000 daily shells and near 1 000 scurvy deaths. It also recalls Plevna’s defense from 1877 to 1877, where Osman Pasha’s forces held out twelve weeks with near starvation before a last sortie.
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Gibraltar
Elliot
Plevana
Osman Pasha
London Daily Mail
Boers boast of new war weapon feared by British invasion
Durban dispatch reports from Pretoria claim Boers are developing a light powered weapon using a generator, a mirror, and a special metal to create a high voltage beam that can blow up explosives within five to six miles. Also described are liquefied air bombs dropped from balloons and energy devices linked to wireless and ultraviolet light signals.
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Durban
Pretoria
Tesla
Seznepanik
Edison
Sznepanik
Transvaal
Messas
Terra Firma
Cocoa Nut Plantations Scarce In Cuba Coastline
The Cuban Colonist reports that despite suitable land along Cuba's coast to grow cocoa nuts there are few plantations. Large shipments come from scattered trees and are sent to the United States and Europe prized for size and rich milk and meat content.
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Cuba
United States
Europe
Oxford Cambridge boat crew training hit by war
The Anglo Boer War disrupts training for the Oxford Cambridge boat race as trainer W A Fletcher moves to South Africa. Maclean volunteers and Willis, Grand Challenge Cup winner, will join a militia battalion alongside Bourne who provided counsel.
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Great Britain
W. A. Fletcher
South Africa
Maclean
Willis
Bourne
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Dr. Koldewey
German Oriental Society
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